Taiwan's economy continues to shine. Taichung's MRT is on hold indefinitely. CTiTV News and the NCC's moves for more control. For this show, I'm trying a different format; I've moved the headlines to the end of the show, but be sure to stick around for those; there are quite a few. First up, however, I'd like to thank our newest patron on Patreon, Thomas! Thank you very much, Thomas; your support means a lot to us here at Taiwan Report.

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